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  1. moonslav59
    Kike seems to be finding his groove.
  2. moonslav59
    Certainly, not locking into a rigid piggy-backing routine has some advantages, too.
  3. moonslav59
    This scares me: Line Drive % 12.7 2022 25.0 2023
  4. moonslav59
    We've spent over $650M, since the March 2022 Story signing. Can we put to rest all the "small market" talk that had merit from end of the 2018 season to near the start of the 2022 season? (3+ seasons)
  5. moonslav59
    So far, yes.
  6. moonslav59
    Since we have so many pitchers that will not or should not go over 75 or 80 pitches in starts, it makes sense to piggyback, for a while. Bello Paxton Whitlock Houck has struggles after 18 batters If we have 2 piggyback going, at the same time, it can help the pen, if they go 8-9 IP, combined, or use up too many of the 13 slots on SP'ers, if they can't go 7-8, combined. Ideally, I'd love to see Houck be the one that goes to the pen, but we need the other SP'ers to start doing the same or better than he has done, so far.
  7. moonslav59
    Schreiber has slipped from last year, as MVP forewarned, so it's nice to see Wink take up the slack. Having 4 solid RP'ers is very important. Right now, we have 3. If we can get Houck to the pen, it would be huge, but right now, our rotation needs all the help it can get.
  8. moonslav59
    Yesterday, on the farm: Woo Walter: 5 IP 4H, 2ER, 3BB, 5K Valdez: 3-4 w HR, BB, 3 rbi Duran: 2-5 w HR Hamilton: 1-3 w 2BB + SB Por Liu: 5IP, 5H, 0ER, 3BB, 8K Rafaela 3-5 Lugo 2-5 w 2B Kavadas 1-2 w 3BB Gre Mayer 3-5 w HR & 4 rbi Meidroth 0-1 w 4 BB Hickey 1-3 2BB Sal Perales did not do well in his first start Coffey & Anthony 1-2 w BB, Bleis 1-3 2nd game: Bleis 0-4 w 3Ks Rosario 2-3 w 2B & BB
  9. moonslav59
    He led the league in saves, as long ago as last year.
  10. moonslav59
    The funny thing about Ort was that his problem was always the BBs. He has 10Ks and 1 BB in 8 IP. Ort, Brasier and Kelly have pitched 23.2 innings with 24 hits (not bad and 11 from Ort) and 11 BBs, thanks mostly to 6 from Kelly. WHIP 2.06 Bleier 1.64 Kelly 1.50 Ort 1.42 Crawford (some as SP) 1.32 Brasier 1.50 Schreiber 1.29 Martin 1.20 Jansen 0.92 Wink
  11. moonslav59
    Can anyone name one RP'er who has been more consistently good over the last 11 straight seasons? 1.1 to 3.4 fWAR every year from 2011 to 2022, except: 0.3 in 2018 0.6 in 2020 (pro-rate to 1.6) Saves per season/BS: 25/7 28/4 44/5 36/2 47/6 41/1 (led league) 38/4 33/8 11/2 (Pro-rate to 29/5) 38/5 41/7 (led league) Career 394 saves/52 BS (88%) 2.62 ERA 0.940 WHIP 13.0 K/9 65.1 IP in Playoffs (20 saves) 2.20 ERA 0.796 WHIP 12.9 K/9
  12. moonslav59
    What is with all the catcher interferences, this year- both by and to us?
  13. moonslav59
    We also had a couple days off, so if you look at days vs appearances and IP, no RP'er looks close to being overused. 15 Games in 17 Days (IP/Gm) SP 14/3 Houck 14/3 Pivetta 13/3 Kluber 12/3 Sale 12/2 GS + 1 RP Crawford 5/1 Whitlock RP 12/6 Winckowski 8.1/8 Brasier 8.0/7 Ort 8.0/8 Schreiber 7.1/6 Kelly 7.0/7 Martin 5.1/6 Bleier 5.0/5 Jansen No RP'er has averaged more appearances than 8 in 17 days (less than once every 2 days.) Most are averaging about .41 to .47 IP per day. One could argue Jansen needs more work to stay sharp. I think we are looking pretty good, this time of year. I'm hopeful having Whitlock in the rotation will help, and some of the struggling SP'ers will start doing better and maybe going 5-6 IP.
  14. moonslav59
    Being down twice and still winning is a good sign that this team has some fight in them. It was good to see some slumping players show life. We are still getting some breaks, but we are taking advantage of them, often. Wong Chang were 4 for 7 with 2 runs and 4 rbi. We got on base a lot... 2/5 Verdugo 2/5 Turner (+catcher interference) 4/5 Refsnyder (someone bitched about him batting 3rd) 1/5 Devers (HR) 2/4 Kike 0/3 Arroyo/Tapia (+ reach on catcher interference) 1/4 Casas 2/3 Wong/McGuire (+reach on catcher interference) 2/4 Chang
  15. moonslav59
    13 man staffs help. Wink pitching 2-3 innings every few days helps. We have Bello and Paxton due, soon. For early in the season, SP'ers going 4-5 IP every game is not so bad for the pen. 14 games: who is close to being burnt out? IP/Gm 12/6 Wink 7.1/6 Kelly 7.1/7 Brasier 7.0/7 Schreiber 7.0/7 Martin 7.0/6 Ort 4.1/5 Bleier 4.0/4 Jansen 3.0/1 Crawford Brasier, Ort and Kelly are exchangeable for Bello, Paxton and Crawford.
  16. moonslav59
    Nope.
  17. moonslav59
    Everybody WONG- CHANG, Tonight!
  18. moonslav59
    We've had great success making blockbuster trades for top SP'ers, but the last one was Sale backin December 2016. (The extension sucked.) Other big trades for aces: Beckett (NOV 2005) Schilling (NOV 2003) Pedro (NOV 1997) Other notables: Peavy (post ace) JUL 2013 ERod (was a prospect and never an ace) JUL 2014 Porcello (ace for a year) DEC 2014 Pomeranz (why did I even bring him up?) JUL 2016 Eovaldi (ace for a series) JUL 2018 Pivetta (ace of the 5th starters) AUG 2020
  19. moonslav59
    Last few starts: 4/14 Houck 4 IP 2 ER 4/13 Kluber 4.2 4 ER (1 ER through 4.1 IP & left game w 2 ER in 4.2) 4/12 Freakin Chris Sale 4/11 Whitlock 5 IP 5 ER (Was at 3 ER in 4.2 before back-to-backers) 4/10 Pivetta 5 IP 0 ER 4/9 Crawford 5 IP 1 ER 4/8 Houck 5 IP 2 ER 4/6 Sale 5IP 3 ER 4/5 Kluber 5IP 1 ER 4/4 Pivetta 5IP 3ER
  20. moonslav59
    I fixed that for you. It's going to be much better.
  21. moonslav59
    Jad posted this afternoon, on the other thread.
  22. moonslav59
    It's possible, with some pitchers & catchers, the pitch calling is a very small part of it, or it's more about the pitcher's confidence in his catcher's pich-calling than the actual pitch the catcher calls for.
  23. moonslav59
    He's also 22. Mayer is 20.
  24. moonslav59
    Our BAbip is bad, so it seems we've had bad luck with lucky good results.
  25. moonslav59
    It's more than just calling pitches. It may be some really weird and hard to identify intangibles between some pitchers and catchers- like how and/or how quickly the catcher places his target, what sort of stance the catcher assumes, how that catcher talks to the pitcher when going to the mound, body language or others I can't even think of.
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